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Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Jack Spear. After meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net and Yahoo and his war cabinet today,

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken gave his speech, calling on him to take greater steps

to protect civilians and allow more aid into Gaza.

And Bure's Lauren Frere reports from Tel Aviv.

Secretary of State Anthony Blincken accused Hamas of hiding in and firing from schools and

hospitals in Gaza, but that doesn't absolve in

and firing from schools and hospitals in Gaza, but that doesn't absolve Israel, he said.

The daily toll on civilians in Gaza, particularly on children, is far too high.

Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv,

Blinkin said Israel has agreed to allow a United Nations team

to assess how displaced Gazans can return to their homes.

He said the US rejects any proposal to resettle them outside of the strip, something

far right members of Israel's governing coalition have called for.

Blinking also called an international genocide lawsuit against Israel meritless and said Arab

countries will only invest in reconstruction if there's a pathway to a Palestinian

state.

Lauren Freier and PR News Tel Aviv.

After days of silence about what led up to his hospitalization, doctors say

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was being treated for prostate cancer, which led to complications.

Doctors at Walter Reed National Medical Center in the White House confirming

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